The relationship between the church and gay liberation has been long and often tortuous. But on Tuesday evening, all of Orlando needed to heal.
Members of the city’s LGBTQ community were invited up to one church’s altar to be prayed over. Many accepted, rose from their seats and stood tall in front of the congregation.
The proud gesture at the First Baptist Church of Orlando said much about how the reaction to the massacre at the gay nightclub Pulse on Sunday has measured a shift in social attitudes.
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